Danner v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 2017
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kliewer v. New Jersey · Jones v. South Carolina · Moore v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Willis · Meredith v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the trial court must have a wide discretion to consider the age and demeanor of the child witness, the nature of offense, and the likely impact of testimony in court or facing the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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